Bob Newhart
Bob Newhart had a deadpan delivery that made every joke seem painfully obvious but also gut-wrenchingly funny. His stammering and stuttering made it seem like all his jokes were improvised, but his silence and staring into space made his timing impeccable, and comics have been trying to recreate it ever since. His first album was so memorable, it knocked Elvis Presley out of the #1 spot on album charts.
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